Saturday, April 14, 2018
CombatSombo first Filed 1988
In late 1970’s I introduced the CombatSombo system to people
of the UK and formulated the British CombatSombo Association in 1985. It has
been 30 years since I first that I filed the name and system as a Trade Mark it
would be a further 3 years before it was finalised. The reason why I done this
was so that my system could not be diluted and used with out my permission.
The CombatSombo was not a huge success but it has not been
diluted and my representative in the UK is Allan Clarkin who is doing a great
promoting the system and is based in Lancashire. One of the positive things,
which had many people across the World participating, was my Camcorder Grading
System, which allowed people to grade without leaving their Country. This was
and is very popular the downside was that these individuals were graded but did
not advance the system
A very positive development was when the British Sombo
Federation changed their Constitution to only allowing registered Organisations
to affiliate, this allowed the British CombatSombo Association to join and
could legitimately say they were part of a UKSport Governing body. This allowed
Sport Sambo and Combat Sambo players to join and be insured for all BSF events
The future looks very rosy with Allan Clarkin developing a
Combat System and Sport Sambo/Combat Sambo becoming a growing integral part of
the BSF
Any one interest in CombatSombo should contact Martin Clarke
ibfbcsa@gmail.com